The United States imposed sanctions on the Afghan Taliban movement after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and these sanctions had severe repercussions with the movement's return to power, as Washington still classifies it as a terrorist group.
The sanctions included restrictions on financial transactions with the movement and the freezing of any financial assets of the movement, in addition to restricting international travel for senior members of the movement.
Following the Taliban's return to power, these sanctions led to the freezing of the Afghan government's accounts with the US Treasury, the suspension of funds from the International Monetary Fund, and the withdrawal of World Bank funding for existing development projects.
These sanctions thus prevent the Taliban from reaching about $10 billion and pressure the International Monetary Fund to prevent the distribution of more than $400 million in currency reserves.
In late August, the US Treasury authorized the delivery of food and medicine to Afghanistan.
As for the Security Council, it imposed sanctions on the Taliban in 1999, for harboring al-Qaeda and its leader, Osama bin Laden.
The sanctions included the inclusion of the movement's leaders on the Security Council's blacklist of terrorism, including members of the current caretaker government.
In 2019, the travel ban on some of the movement's leaders was lifted to facilitate peace talks in Doha between the Taliban and the United States, and the Security Council will meet to discuss extending the waiver of the travel ban, while Washington demands its abolition.